Lady&#39;s hair ornament



Dec. 25, 1956 s, BEHR 2,775,245

LADY S HAIR ORNAMENT Filed Feb. 27, 1956 INVENTOR. S/EGFRIED BEHR HTTORNEY United States Patent Office 2,775,245 Patented Dec. 25, 1956 2,775,245 LADYs HAIR ORNAMENT Siegfried Behr, Flushing, N. Y. Application February 27, 1956, Serial No. 568,018

1 Claim. (Cl. 132-46) This invention relates to ladys hair ornaments and more particularly to a ladys hair ornament that is adjustable to fit various sized heads and various styles of hair-do.

A principal object of the present invention is to provide a ladys hair ornament which is extensible and contractable in a plurality of dimensions or directions.

Another object of the invention is to provide a ladys hair ornament which is interchangeable, capable of maintaining the hair-do neat and orderly, pleasing in appearance, and readily applied and removed.

It is further proposed to produce a ladys hair ornament of this kind which is simple in construction and which can be manufactured and sold at a reasonable cost.

For further comprehension of the invention and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing forming a material part of this disclosure wherein Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of a female head with a hair ornament made in accordance with the present invention applied thereto, the ornament being shown encircling the chignon or bun of the hair-do.

Fig. 2 is a similar view but showing the hair ornament of Fig. 1 encircling the contour of the head.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the improved hair ornament.

Fig. 4 is a side elevational view thereof.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view taken on the plane of the line 55 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken on the plane of the line 66 of Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawing in detail, in Fig. l, the improved hair ornament designated generally at 10 is shown mounted on a female head 11, the ornament encircling the chignon of a sweep-back style of hair-do, and in Fig. 2 the hair ornament is shown extended and encircling a different style of hair-do and around the contour of the head.

The hair ornament 10 comprises an open work body of metal including an annular endless band 12 and semicircular transverse bands 13 and 14. The bands 13 and 14 connect the top edge of the endless band 12 at opposite points therealong, and are disposed at right angles to each other, but are connected to and merge into each other midway their ends, their ends being spaced 90 degrees apart as shown in Fig. 3.

The annular band 12 is formed of a plurality of pairs of bars or links 15 crossed midway their ends, said pairs being arranged side by side in annular formation. The individual links of each pair are pivotally connected to each other at their point of crossing. This connection consists of a headed tubular rivet 16 serving as a pivot member extending loosely through aligned openings in the links 15 at their points of crossing as shown in Fig. 6. The outer ends of adjacent links 15 are arranged in overlapping relation and are similarly pivotally connected to each other by a headed tubular rivet 17 extending through aligned openings in said overlapping. ends. By reason of this construction, the ends and midends of the links are pivotally connected so that the annular band 12 may be extended and contracted, that is, lengthened and shortened circumferentially, in lazy-tong fashion, so as to be capable of encircling various sized heads and various shapes and styles of hair-do. t

The transverse arcuate-shaped bands 13 and 14 are composed of a plurality of pairs of bars or links 18 and 19, respectively, smaller in dimensions than thelinks 15, each pair of bars or links 18 and 19 being' crossed midway their ends and each said pair being arranged side by side in arcuate formation. The individual links of each pair of links are pivotally connected to each other at their point of crossing. This connection consists of a headed tubular rivet 20 serving as a pivot pin and extending loosely through aligned openings in the links at their point of crossing. The outer ends of adjacent links are arranged in overlapping relation and are similarly pivotally connected by a headed tubular rivet 21 extending loosely through aligned openings in said overlapping ends. Midway their ends, the transverse bands 13 and 14 have their meeting or adjacent links 18 and 19 connected to each other thereby forming continuous transverse bands extending at right angles to each other as shown in Fig. 3. The ends of the bands 13 and 14 are connected to the top peripheral edge of the endless band 12 as viewed in Fig. 4 by arranging the overlapped ends of the adjacent links of the transverse band in overlapping relation with the adjacent overlapped ends of the links 15 of the endless band 12 and extending an elongated tubular rivet 22 through the aligned openings in the overlapped pairs of links as shown in Fig. 5.

By reason of this construction and arrangement of endless and arcuate-shaped transverse bands, the endless band and transverse bands may be extended and contracted simultaneously in different directions. That is, the endless band 12 may be lengthened circumferentially, which lengthening will automatically pull on the links of the transverse bands and lengthen said transverse bands. By the same token, if the endless band 12 is contracted or shortened circumferentially by a sidewise thrust against the links 15 a thrust will be imparted to the links of the transverse bands thereby shortening said links commensurate with the shortening of the links of the endless band 12.

In using the improved hair ornament for a style of hair-do such as shown in Fig. 2, the endless band 12 and transverse bands 13 and 14 are first extended or stretched and then slipped over the hair-do so that the endless band encircles the hair from the back of the neck to a point at the top of the crown of the head, with the transverse bands criss-crossed rearwardly thereof whereby the appearance of the hair-do is enhanced and the hair is held in neat and orderly fashion.

For use with a hair-do such as shown in Fig. 1, the endless band 12 and the transverse bands 13 and 14 are shortened or contracted to encircle and fit over the chignon or bun of the hair-d0, thereby enhancing the attractiveness of the hair-do and maintaining it in a neat and orderly fashion.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of my invention it will be understood that various changes might be made in details of construction without departing from the principle of the invention and I desire to be limited only by the state of the prior art and the appended claim.

I claim:

A hair ornament comprising an annular endless metal band composed of a plurality of pair of links, the links of each pair being pivoted to each other midway their ends, the ends of adjacent links of said pairs of links being overessence lapped and pivotally connected together, said pairs of References Cit d i the file f this patent 'links being disposed side by side in annular formation,

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